Peru to charge Greenpeace activists for damaging historic site

December 14, 2014 8:33 PM

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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Ollanta Humala of Peru criticized the environmental group Greenpeace on Saturday for not respecting his country's archaeological heritage as authorities said they intended to seek criminal charges against several activists who damaged the fragile desert around the Nazca Lines.

Greenpeace stirred up a storm of controversy in Peru last week after a group of about 12 activists on Monday entered a protected area around the famous lines to place a sign promoting renewable energy on the ground. The sign was meant to attract the attention of world leaders who were in Lima for a ...